Rhein Haus is getting ready to open, with final details now getting finished. (Photo by Colleen O’Connor.)

The Rhein Haus, which opens next week in downtown Denver, is like an old-world beer hall in Munich — it’s even got four bocce courts in the 13,000 square-foot space located downtown at 14th and Market streets.

While bocce courts aren’t authentic to German bierstuben, lots of people play bocce in Munich, and the Rhein Haus offers a wide variety of German beers, including some from small German breweries not yet known in the U.S.

The ambiance is rich with beautiful old pieces, like a towering fireplace of handcarved dark wood made more a century ago in Munich. One room has wall hangings and a chandelier with the carved stag heads typical of the Black Forest, and another room is lit with antique crystal chandeliers.

Telegraph Bistro & Bar in Washington Park just opened for lunch today, will debut its brunch menu on Oct. 24, and its dinner business has been brisk since the eatery opened Friday in the former space of Café Bar and the Grey Cactus.

“It’s been 100 percent people from the neighborhood,” said owner Christopher Sargent. “Everyone we talked to said they used to come to Café Bar all the time, and they love the changes we’ve made. They’re saying the food is really great, so we’re pretty stoked about that.”

Sargent opened the popular Brazen restaurant in the Highland neighborhood last year, and just applied for a liquor license for his third venture, Kindred, that will open in Sunnyside in four to seven months.

Henry’s Tavern at the Denver Pavilions features walls of garage doors and industrial chic. (Photo by Dave Burdick.)

Henry’s Tavern on the 16th Street Mall is already proving a popular lunch spot. A month after its opening, the place was packed. It’s got a fun, casual vibe.

Today, the great weather inspired people to eat outside on the patio, and inside, at the edges of the room near the walls – made of garage doors – that rolled up to create open-air dining.

They sat on leather couches, eating on coffee tables and talking with friends, or at tables near the full-service bar, enjoying the breeze and the urban scene outside. Even the bar was packed with lunch-hour diners eating and imbibing.

Bistro Provencal serves food from the south of France. (Photo by Colleen O’Connor.)

Over on Little Raven Street, across from Zengo, the long-awaited Bistro Provencal will open on Sept. 8. This week has been a soft opening for friends and family, and as they dined on the patio, plenty of neighbors have stopped by to get a peek at the menu.

“It looks terrific,” said Jacquie Lewis, who scanned the menu as she walked her dog.

She liked the prices – about $8 for a quiche entrée, and $7 for a salad – and the range of menu items that showcase the foods of Provence.

Tycoon Ramen & Sushi Bar opens in a few months at 338 E. Colfax Avenue, in the space that formerly housed Emilio’s Mexican Restaurant, which closed earlier this year due to unpaid taxes.

That block is undergoing lots of changes.

Tycoon Ramen & Sushi Bar is just up the street from Sassafras American Eatery, which serves cuisine influenced by Southern American cooking traditions — the same block where the classic Hollywood Posters closed in February after 35 years.

Telegraph will open in Wash Park this July. (Photo by Colleen O’Connor)

A new bistro is coming to Wash Park, taking over the space that formerly housed Café Bar and Grey Cactus Cocina. Called Telegraph, it’s owned by Chris Sargent, who owns the popular Brazen restaurant that opened last September.

“I’d always been eyeballing this,” said Sargent, at work on the reconstruction Friday afternoon.

When he moved to Denver about five years ago, he lived in the Country Club neighborhood, and Café Bar was a local eatery. A few months ago, his wife spotted all the closing signs on Grey Cactus and immediately called him to say the space was available.

He immediately got in touch with the landlord, and a contract was signed four days later.

The patio at Cibo adds to the community feeling of the neighborhood. (Photo by Colleen O’Connor.)

It’s a great day to visit Cibo, the restaurant that just opened in the LoHi neighborhood, because the weather is beautiful and Cibo has a terrific patio at the intersection of 16th and Boulder streets – a seat at the corner table gives a view of the downtown skyline.

Cibo (pronounced chee-bow) is right across from Lola Mexican Fish House, and a block away from Little Man Ice Cream, so there’s lots of activity on the street – perfect for people watching — plus a convenient parking lot across the street ($4 for three hours.)

Cibo is the latest concept from the Big Eats Restaurant Group, which also owns Marg’s World Taco Bistro. The menu features contemporary Italian food with a focus on natural and organic ingredients. The hand-stretched Neapolitan-style pizzas offer build-your-own choices, plus nine other types.

When you step up to the counter to order, you’re immediately given helpful information – like these waffles are Liege-style Belgian waffles, so they’re not served with syrup. You can’t even get syrup if you want it, because Waffle Up is all about authenticity, and in Liege they’re eaten as street food – hand held, just the delicious waffle with some powered sugar.

But this being America, there are lots of topping choices, from strawberry rhubarb compote to bacon, basil, and brie.

There’s a new food truck in town, and it will debut at Civic Center Eats next Tuesday, brimming with fresh, sustainable lobster.

Lobster Bliss, a bright red truck emblazoned with a white lobster, is the creation of Rich Manzo and Jeff Reebie, who’ve had much experience on the culinary scenes of Colorado and New York. In addition to the food truck, they’ve launched a wholesale business to supply whole, live Maine lobsters and other sustainable seafood to the area.

They’re also scouting for a location to open a restaurant in Denver in early 2016 that will be like a traditional New England lobster joint.